Digital health for climate change mitigation and response: a scoping review

H Rahimi-Ardabili, F Magrabi… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objective Climate change poses a major threat to the operation of global health systems,
triggering large scale health events, and disrupting normal system operation. Digital health …

The impact of COVID‐19 Lockdown measures on symptoms control in children with asthma: A systematic review and Meta‐Analysis of observational cohort studies

P Kouis, M Lemonaris, E Xenophontos… - Pediatric …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Reported reductions in emergency department visits and hospitalizations for
asthma in previous studies have suggested a beneficial effect of the coronavirus disease of …

Improved indoor air quality during desert dust storms: the impact of the MEDEA exposure-reduction strategies

S Achilleos, A Michanikou, P Kouis… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Desert dust storms (DDS) are natural events that impact not only populations close to the
emission sources but also populations many kilometers away. Countries located across the …

mHealth in sub-Saharan Africa and Europe: A systematic review comparing the use and availability of mHealth approaches in sub-Saharan Africa and Europe

GT Aboye, M Vande Walle, GL Simegn… - Digital …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background mHealth can help with healthcare service delivery for various health issues, but
there's a significant gap in the availability and use of mHealth systems between sub …

The challenge of adopting mitigation and adaptation measures for the impacts of sand and dust storms in Eastern Mediterranean Region: a critical review

A Eleftheriou, P Mouzourides, G Biskos… - … Adaptation Strategies for …, 2023 - Springer
Sand and dust storms (SDS) are a major disruptor in both the source areas where they occur
and at distant locations. This critical review aims to address the question of whether …

Telehealth in PM&R: Past, present, and future in clinical practice and opportunities for translational research

AS Tenforde, JJ Alexander, M Alexander… - PM&R, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Telehealth refers to the use of telecommunication devices and other forms of technology to
provide services outside of the traditional in‐person health care delivery system. Growth in …

Responses of schoolchildren with asthma to recommendations to reduce desert dust exposure: Results from the LIFE-MEDEA intervention project using wearable …

P Kouis, A Michanikou, E Galanakis… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Current public health recommendations for desert dust storms (DDS) events focus on
vulnerable population groups, such as children with asthma, and include advice to stay …

Dust from the Sahara to the American continent: Health impacts

M Urrutia-Pereira, L Varanda Rizzo, P Latour Staffeld… - 2021 - repositorio.unphu.edu.do
The Saharan Air Layer is a mass of hot, dry air laden with dust that forms over the Sahara
and moves towards the Atlantic Ocean. This air mass contains soil dust particles emitted by …

[HTML][HTML] Climate Change for the Pulmonologist: A Focused Review

B Balakrishnan, SJ Callahan, SV Cherian… - Chest, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change adversely impacts global health. Increasingly, temperature variability,
inclement weather, declining air quality, and growing food and clean water supply …

Individual‐level interventions to reduce personal exposure to outdoor air pollution and their effects on people with long‐term respiratory conditions

S Janjua, P Powell, R Atkinson… - Cochrane Database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background More than 90% of the global population lives in areas exceeding World Health
Organization air quality limits. More than four million people each year are thought to die …